Mass Effect

I redownloaded the game from Steam when I upgraded mu PC recently and now it won't launch at all. I have tried from the launcher in the Steam file and I get the Mass Effect Launcher. When I select play the MassEffect.exe comes up and then goes away in the Task Manager. I have the 32 bit version and this PC has a 64 bit operating system but I didn't think that would make any difference. Anyone else had a similar problem?

I have the very same problem and I am getting tired of trying different ways to solve it without any result... I am also feeling cheated as nobody seems to care about this issue, neither Steam nor EA (they don`t have a personall support for the game anymore)...

Go to your Mass Effect folder, C:\...\Steam\steamapps\common\Mass Effect\Binaries. Right click MassEffect.exe and click the compatibility tab, then click the box beside "Run this program as an administrator" and run that. I think thats how I got mine to work anyway, and you should probably delete the shortcut you have on your desktop and make another one because I think it's corrupt or something. Good luck!

I did not have this problem with ME on Steam when I had old Windows, but now on Windows 7 64bit I had same prob and my solution was to make game not only always run as admin, as said

Originally posted by Maimsteen:

Go to your Mass Effect folder, C:\...\Steam\steamapps\common\Mass Effect\Binaries. Right click MassEffect.exe and click the compatibility tab, then click the box beside "Run this program as an administrator"

but also set in compatibility properties: Run this program in compatiblity mode for Windows XP SP3.

It seems that in general many games have probs with 64bit Windows and many especially with Win7 64bit.

I was having the same problem with my ME. It ran fine on xp sp3, but when I switched up to win7 32bit I could only get the game to start an initial launch and then it shut down. Follow these directions but add a check in the Run in Compatibility Mode and apply to all. This fixed my game, Good Luck! Go to your Mass Effect folder, C:\...\Steam\steamapps\common\Mass Effect\Binaries. Right click MassEffect.exe and click the compatibility tab, then click the box beside "Run this program as an administrator" and run that. I think thats how I got mine to work anyway, and you should probably delete the shortcut you have on your desktop and make another one because I think it's corrupt or something. Good luck!

Go to your Mass Effect folder, C:\...\Steam\steamapps\common\Mass Effect\Binaries. Right click MassEffect.exe and click the compatibility tab, then click the box beside "Run this program as an administrator" and run that. I think thats how I got mine to work anyway, and you should probably delete the shortcut you have on your desktop and make another one because I think it's corrupt or something. Good luck!